Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 05:20
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 251 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 394 51% 386 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 109 Parallax 105 80% 104 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 99.2 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 983GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 241 336 415 383 366 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 462 Write 307 Mixed 362 SusWrite 325 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 38.8 133% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 146 117% 167 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 125%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 72GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 143 171 190 158 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 361 Write 292 Mixed 196 SusWrite 160 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 40.4 140% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 94.5 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 90 84% 127 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 104%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 249GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 82 83 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 81.5 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 81.4 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2668 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 28.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 27.4 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,683 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,877x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,375x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,315x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16